Hind Horn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CD EF CG HE HH EI AI JK KE EL MH NE OP EE EQ RC EE EE SS EE SS EE EE| In Scotland there was a babie born | A |
| Lill lal etc | B |
| And his name it was called young Hind Horn | A |
| With a fal lal etc | B |
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| He sent a letter to our king | C |
| That he was in love with his daughter Jean | D |
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| He's gien to her a silver wand | E |
| With seven living lavrocks sitting thereon | F |
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| She's gien to him a diamond ring | C |
| With seven bright diamonds set therein | G |
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| quot When this ring grows pale and wan | H |
| You may know by it my love is gane quot | E |
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| One day as he looked his ring upon | H |
| He saw the diamonds pale and wan | H |
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| He left the sea and came to land | E |
| And the first that he met was an old beggar man | I |
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| quot What news what news quot said young Hind Horn | A |
| quot No news no news quot said the old beggar man | I |
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| quot No news quot said the beggar quot no news at a' | J |
| But there is a wedding in the king's ha | K |
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| quot But there is a wedding in the king's ha | K |
| That has halden these forty days and twa quot | E |
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| quot Will ye lend me your begging coat | E |
| And I'll lend you my scarlet cloak | L |
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| quot Will you lend me your beggar's rung | M |
| And I'll gie you my steed to ride upon | H |
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| quot Will you lend me your wig o hair | N |
| To cover mine because it is fair quot | E |
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| The auld beggar man was bound for the mill | O |
| But young Hind Horn for the king's hall | P |
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| The auld beggar man was bound for to ride | E |
| But young Hind Horn was bound for the bride | E |
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| When he came to the king's gate | E |
| He sought a drink for Hind Horn's sake | Q |
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| The bride came down with a glass of wine | R |
| When he drank out the glass and dropt in the ring | C |
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| quot O got ye this by sea or land | E |
| Or got ye it off a dead man's hand quot | E |
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| quot I got not it by sea I got it by land | E |
| And I got it madam out of your own hand quot | E |
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| quot O I'll cast off my gowns of brown | S |
| And beg wi you frae town to town | S |
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| quot O I'll cast off my gowns of red | E |
| And I'll beg wi you to win my bread quot | E |
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| quot Ye needna cast off your gowns of brown | S |
| For I'll make you lady o many a town | S |
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| quot Ye needna cast off your gowns of red | E |
| It's only a sham the begging o my bread quot | E |
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| The bridegroom he had wedded the bride | E |
| But young Hind Horn he took her to bed | E |
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